the woman goes to put the E brake on, and instead of pushing the button in and pulling the handle, she yanks up on it. apparently, according to her, the button flew out of the handle by itself. she found it, and stuck it back in, but now theres no spring behind it, and you cant put the brake on. it wont lock by itself.

is there a fix to this? has it happened before, or is this some weird thing that only happens to her? will this be another junkyard run for a complete e brake handle?

Yea just glue it back in. The spring on the button really serves no purpose and the spring action comes from the movement of the plastic push assembly. We used to think you had to change the assembly (richpin even did a video on it) until we realized this wasnít necessary. Just Home Depot glue.

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Oh, I'm sure it has happened before, to Saturns and other similar lever brakes, but not terribly common. You are going to need the spring, so your choice about guessing what it should be (not all that hard to do) and getting one at local hardware store, or just replacing the whole lever assy.

PS: If the lever can come up far enough for that button and spring to pop out, the brake adjustment is way off. That adjustment should be automatic, so something is wrong with the brakes/cable/etc. Find that root cause as well as fixing the lever. I'm assuming this lever was pulled by a "normal" woman, not an ex-Soviet steroid-laden Olympian.

Oh, and another PS: There is no need to push the button when pulling the brake on, the button is only needed to release the lever. What did you mean at the beginning by this? "goes to put the E brake on, and instead of pushing the button in and pulling the handle"

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Itís actually a pretty common issue on saturns. Itís caused when the little tabs that hold the button against the spring start to bend. Brake adjustment should be fine. But you can just glue the button back on the white plastic lever and it will work good for a decade.

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If u lost the spring the button is held in with a spring I had to replace mine a while back been good for 3yrs now I just bought
new since this is brake that holds the car I wanted a reliable brake .https://youtu.be/cCbsYlUoZE4

Search for Saturn S Sl Sw Series 1995 Emergency Hand Brake Button on ebay or look it up on gmonline that handle Im sure can be had for alot less . Its amazing how they can charge 18 bucks for this plastic still worth it when it comes to either not being able to park your car on hill its a major headace so the 20 bucks is more then worth the safety.

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fixed it. even found the spring in 2 seconds of looking. wouldve fixed it faster if i knew the spring actually rests on the metal handle, not the plastic one. lets see how long it lasts now. i didnt have to glue anything, but i see where it can be glued.